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From:
Audrey Tang
Date:
April 29, 2006 20:51
Subject:
Re: A shorter long dot
Message ID:
4454342D.8020400@audreyt.org
Damian Conway wrote:
> Juerd wrote:
>>> and propose ".:" as a solution
>
>> $xyzzy.:foo();
>> $fooz. :foo();
>> $foo. :foo();
>
> This would make the enormous semantic difference between:
>
> foo. :bar()
>
> and:
>
> foo :bar()
>
> depend on a visual difference of about four pixels. :-(
Good (and floating) point. How about this:
$antler.bar;
$xyzzy.:bar;
$blah. .bar;
$foo. .bar;
That is, introduce only the non-space-filled .: variant, and retain the
space-filled long dot.
Thanks,
Audrey
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